Re: THE GAMING HARDWARE THREAD: PS3 - 360 - WII

Originally Posted by sonnyboy11

Tough for me to argue against it. However, I would say that I liked the V.A.T.S combat system from Fallout a bit better than than the general ready/fire/aim in Borderlands 2. Also, Borderlands 2 strikes me as a genuine co-op game. I'm soloing right now and is it ever a bitch! I talked to my buddy up at MS last night and I might re-up my Live account just so I can play it with him.

On a side note- some of the quips from Salvador and the weapons style remind me a bit of old school Duke Nukem. I'm a sucker for crass in game language and bravado from my characters!

Well, I have nothing but love for Fallout and the VATS combat system, but the sheer number of weapons/mods that let you play your style of game in BL2 win the day for me. I really loved the way they integrated the original characters in BL2, as most of the key plot points revolved around that foursome.

However - nothing will top the final assault in Fallout 3 for me. Playing support to that mechanical behemoth was one of my favorite gaming moments ever.

Anyhow - I beat BL2 last night. The end wasn't as good as the big moments with Jack and Angel earlier in the game, but it was cool. Some of it was really difficult alone.... frustrating. But if you play single player, you can approach the side missions with your own schedule and do what you want when you want to, as opposed to rushing through this or that because some other dude needs to go get dinner. And I admit I found a crevasse to snipe the big baddie from a mile away, rather than just getting my ass handed to me 50 times in a row. Then I went back in with three random onliners and crushed it in one try. Go figure. BL1 was way harder with others than BL2 is.

I don't know what I'm playing next, but this game was extremely satisfying.

Re: THE GAMING HARDWARE THREAD: PS3 - 360 - WII

Found out on Friday that one of my favorite games from PSX days is on the PSN, Parasite Eve. I installed it to my Vita and spent the weekend going through it. It came out about a year after Final Fantasy 7 so it has a great mix between the gameplay and look of FF7 and FF8. As with most great Squaresoft games the soundtrack is classic as well.

Re: THE GAMING HARDWARE THREAD: PS3 - 360 - WII

Originally Posted by xanman86

Found out on Friday that one of my favorite games from PSX days is on the PSN, Parasite Eve. I installed it to my Vita and spent the weekend going through it. It came out about a year after Final Fantasy 7 so it has a great mix between the gameplay and look of FF7 and FF8. As with most great Squaresoft games the soundtrack is classic as well.

Parasite Eve was a fantastic experience when I played it. I believe I was in Jr. High, which I consider the golden years of my gaming (yes that includes FF7 of course). Every single game I played I ate up and accepted and got incredibly involved/lost in...regardless of the game's imperfections, flaws, etc. So the REALLY good games, such as Parasite Eve, were incredible.

Re: THE GAMING HARDWARE THREAD: PS3 - 360 - WII

If you can get a Wii for $100, it would be a good deal. Maybe $120 at most, which is about the cost of a brand new NDS (which I think was much better than the Wii). It's worth it for the Mario and Zelda games alone.

Originally Posted by canexplain

I try to be politically pc more than most here: As a dude, anyone who could put a shark up a gals pc body, is pretty creepy, different and interesting. Just saying big time ..... cr****

Re: THE GAMING HARDWARE THREAD: PS3 - 360 - WII

In anticipation for the new Simcity, I bought Simcity 4 off Amazon. The deluxe version was about $15. I had never played this one, and I think it's pretty amazing.

I've learned that I probably wouldn't make a good mayor, governor, or president. My solution to balancing the budget is to build factories everywhere. Understanding that Obama doesn't have the option of zoning for factories because of their being outsourced makes me appreciate the difficulty of his job.

Originally Posted by canexplain

I try to be politically pc more than most here: As a dude, anyone who could put a shark up a gals pc body, is pretty creepy, different and interesting. Just saying big time ..... cr****

Re: THE GAMING HARDWARE THREAD: PS3 - 360 - WII

Re: THE GAMING HARDWARE THREAD: PS3 - 360 - WII

Skyrim on the 360 burned a persistent image into my older JVC DLP TV. It's actually several images but the most pronounced is where my character is positioned on the screen. I'm going to put in a new lamp tomorrow but my guess is the shadowing is permanent. Kinda bummed about it but I guess I was looking for an excuse to buy a new LED/LCD.

PS: SKYRIM- I'd like my life back! kthx

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